Heartbleed: A Wakeup Call for Open Source Users

by Ben Pearson

May 2nd, 2014

The Heartbleed bug exposed some major issues with how open source development is handled by businesses. The bug was fixed relatively quickly once it was discovered, but it remained undiscovered for many years while being used in critical applications all over the world. This bug exposed the lack of support for major open source projects and demonstrates a significant need for greater participation from the businesses that use open source software.